Air pollution exposure can lead to cardiovascular disease

February 13, 2010
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Washington, Feb 13 : Exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease, say researchers.

The study, by boffins at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), in collaboration with international partners in Spain and Switzerland and colleagues in California, has been published in the journal PloS ONE.

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